Comrades! I very earnestly request that in all cases when Comrade Gorky appeals to you on similar questions, you render him every possible assistance; and if there should be any obstacles, hindrances, or objections of any kind, please do not fail to inform me as to what they consist of.

Source: PSS vol. 51

22/IV. 1920.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

in the book "On the Anniversary of the Death
of V. I. Lenin, 1924 — 21 January —

First published in 1925.

1925." Moscow-Leningrad.

Printed from the manuscript